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The 2017 Library Awards Kick Off

The Brian Lehrer Show | Feb 7, 2017

Julie Sandorf, president of the Charles H. Revson Foundation, Sarah Needham, Program Officer, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, and Roxana Benavides, Neighborhood Library Supervisor, Sunset Park Library branch, Brooklyn Public Library, announce the 4th annual NYC Neighborhood Library Awards to celebrate the essential role of New York City's 207 public libraries in communities across the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island.

Nominate your favorite public library here.

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